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Show 'ivVBTTB AND NATIVE LABOfe.'. 'With regard to tha relatlva efficfencay'of hit, and nativa labor tn the akilled trades lnjke islands my experience has been .that a Filipino does about one-half aa much work In k 'id ay- as a white man tn that country, and ibout one-third as much aa the white rata, does. ta bis own country, with the-jd-vsniige a tbe side of the white man that b ainks further ahead of materials. . Tha nly 'marked-defect- applying t .-avll ill ate of workmen is that of instability. Tee FtllpJno l not steady and may not. be iiptnAti upon as a regular laborer, until b makes, up hi mind to feign sickness less frequently and until be manages to reduce Baat-rtaUr-the hypothetical death rata, recorded re-corded among . bis , relatives. Instances are oTa where single workmen, have lost do:cs 6f." Imaginary auata and unclea SOd several such fathers and mothers In the coy re-"of--V single year. Railroad . Gaiett. |